Events 2008
Theodor Herzl
24/02/2008 - 10:45 am
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Conventional accounts maintain that the Dreyfus Affair was the turning point in Herzl’s life towards Zionism. However, a careful analysis of his writin...
Spinoza and Secular Jewish Culture
24/02/2008 - 10:45 am
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The philosopher Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated in 1656, branded a heretic by the Amsterdam Jewish community. He denied Providence and a personal God, and ...
Joseph and His Coat of Many Dreams
24/02/2008 - 10:30 am
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Pomegranate Puppet Theatre presents ‘Joseph and his Coat of Many Dreams’ The fabulous Pomegranate Puppet Theatre returned with ‘Joseph and His C...
National Space / Private Home: Cultural Shifts in Israeli Literature
24/02/2008 - 10:30 am
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What themes preoccupy Israeli literature today and how do they reflect and shape the national psyche? What space do ‘private homes’ occupy within the nat...
Roman Mysteries
24/02/2008 - 10:30 am
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Through The Roman Mysteries Caroline Lawrence draws readers into the world of Ancient Rome following the stories of Flavia, a young Roman girl and her closes...
The Unique Case of Jewish Secularism
24/02/2008 - 10:15 am
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The peculiar fusion of religion and nationalism in pre-modern Judaism has had a unique impact on contemporary Jewish secularism. For many centuries one could...
Criminal Lies
24/02/2008 - 10:15 am
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In his book, The Crime of My Very Existence, Michael Berkowitz investigates the myths and realities of “Jewish criminality”. Philip Kerr has given vivid ...
Tales of the Great Jewish Mystics
24/02/2008 - 10:00 am
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A substantial body of Jewish mystical tales constitute the legendary dimension of the Jewish mystical tradition. These tales cover a range of mystical experi...
From Closing the Sea to Here I Begin: A Journey Through Writing
24/02/2008 - 10:00 am
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‘Closing the Sea’, Yehudit Katzir’s first book (published in Israel in 1990), has captivated readers’ imagination in an unprecedented way. Subsequent...
The Rise of the Hebrew Republic
24/02/2008 -
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Israel’s odyssey over the last sixty years has been a remarkable cocktail of resilience, innovation and agony. Many Israelis agreed with David Grossman whe...
Israel at 60: Heroes and Anti-Heroes
23/02/2008 - 10:00 am
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In a unique 15 minute film shot in Israel exclusively for our Jewish Book Week audience, the multitalented writer and film-maker Etgar Keret and internationa...
Coexistence and Cooperation Between Israelis and Palestinians: The Untold Story
03/02/2008 - 3:15 pm
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Holy Land Mosaic tells of Daniel Gavron’s personal journey through the relatively unknown territory of Israeli-Palestinian coexistence, cooperation, pa...